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What’s Next for #Occupy?
Spanning nearly every ideological boundary, the “Occupy” movement includes social democrats, democratic socialists, Goldwater-conservatives, tea partiers, Libertarians with a capital “L”, libertarians with a lower-case “l”, peaceniks, veterans, conspiracy theorists, Marxists, punk rock vegans, hipsters, black-bloc anarchists, and everyone in between. And it’s popping up everywhere. I desperately want to be optimistic. Like, “Fuck. Yes. This is a mass awakening. People are waking up from the ‘American Dream‘ (no, not the storybook version that you probably … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, Anarchy!, Left Libertarian, World Politics
Who Killed Troy Davis?
I don’t know why I was holding out for some last-minute miracle, but I was… Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has previously said: “People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty.” Well there you have it. If you don’t want to be sentenced to death, stop being poor and black. Although we may never know with certainty whether Davis was responsible for the 1989 murder for which he was executed, there … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, Left Libertarian, Legalese
Obama Was on TV Tonight
Apparently the President was on TV tonight delivering some big address. Wanna see how many fucks I give? None. Because I don’t need to watch it to know exactly how it went down. Obama repeats often-repeated lies about “budget cuts” (which are not in-fact “cuts”), brags about creating jobs (except he didn’t) and/or promises to create more jobs (even though he can’t), says something patriotic about supporting the troops (‘Merica, fuck yeah!), alludes to his and/or legislator’s … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics